• NAMI NJ celebrates heroes

    NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) NJ has launched its 2012 Celebrating Our Heroes campaign to acknowledge and celebrate the heroes who serve our country, who battle mental illness and who fight for their loved one’s recovery. The public is invited to submit the names and/or pictures of heroes to be featured on its website…

  • ‘Video & Vets’ begins Feb. 21 at Brookdale

    Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution will host “Video & Vets” presentations at the Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road in the Warner Student Life Center. Parking is most convenient in lots 6 and 7. All films are $5 each for adults or students and include expert commentary…

  • Start your engines

    John Paul Accardi (l-r), Isaiah Gillyard, Colin Rentner, Christopher Dorey, Matthew Barclay, Brennan Robbins and Hayden Blecher, all of Allentown’s Cub Scout Pack 180, watch with suspense as cars whiz past during their annual Pinewood Derby Jan. 28 at Stone Bridge Middle School. Wooden cars designed and built by Cub Scouts and their families lie…

  • Joint Base to host open house

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in south central New Jersey is set to open its doors to the community for a special weekend on May 12-13. An open house will celebrate more than 95 years of the base defending the nation’s air, land and sea, according to a press release. The U.S. Department of Defense hosts open…

  • Millstone Pop Warner teams honored at banquet

    More than 500 gather for annual event BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Cole Vernaci, 7, accepts his trophy at the Millstone Eagles Pop Warner banquet. Millstone Eagles Pop Warner football players and cheerleaders got together recently — convening outside the field setting, for a change — for their organization’s annual banquet. About 500 participants, parents,…

  • Kids can make an edible cowboy boot

    “Make a Cowboy Boot Sandwich for Lunch” will be offered 4 p.m. March 8 at the Allentown Library, 16 S. Main St., Allentown, for children in first grade and up. The program is part of “Food for Thought: What’s on Your Plate?,” a month-long series offered by the Monmouth County Library that celebrates the roles…

  • He says I don’t need my floppy anymore

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH s it me, or is technology moving at the speed of light? It seems like just yesterday that I was riding around in my car with a new-fangled cassette player as I sang Foreigner at the top of my lungs. Then the next thing I know, I have kids…

  • Website provides info on same-day surgery centers

    A ARP congratulates Gov. Chris Christie and Department of Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary O’Dowd regarding the announcement of a new Internet resource for New Jersey’s health care consumers. The state is now posting inspection reports on its website for New Jersey’s 260 licensed and nationally accredited same-day surgery centers, thus presenting consumers with…

  • Holiday opportunity to teach kids about presidents

    A s President’s Day approaches, with long weekends and days off school, parents can take the opportunity to teach kids a bit about the U.S. chief executives. Kiddie Academy offers the following list of fun facts for kids. The list can be used for creating trivia questions or as fun mealtime conversation starters: 1. A…

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